“We looked like we’ve played 17 already,” Mohawk coach Lynn Hoeppner said. “We looked fast and we won the 50-50 balls. We did our game plan: quick self starts and we won the 50-50 balls.”

Mohawk climbed to 2-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the North with by far its best performance of 2010.

“It was great because it was our first home game,” explained Mohawk senior midfielder Aurora Rougeau, who set up Alexis Kennedy’s first-half goal. “We were excited because Smith Academy is trying to make the last year for (coach) Sherry Webb a really good one and they were on a winning streak. We wanted to cut it off and we did that.

“We finally executed on offense, which we worked on in practice Tuesday. The offense did really well today.”

But it wasn’t just for the offense that keyed Mohawk’s win as Manners finished with 11 saves, including two beauties.

“Ashley had a number of saves, two in particular that should have gone in,” Rougeau said. “She definitely saved us.”

Smith Academy suffered its first loss, dropping to 3-1, 2-1.

“If the Western Massachusetts championship was played tomorrow, Mohawk would be your Division II champion,” Webb said. “They are very talented front to back and they have good speed.”